At AROA, our people come to work every day with passion and ideas that fuel our business and go home knowing they have made a real difference in the lives of others.


Māori for ‘understanding’, AROA is proudly New Zealand born and based. We develop, manufacture, and export innovative wound care products, improving the lives of millions around the world by unlocking extraordinary outcomes for our patients. Our mission is to be the global leader in regenerative healing, making our products and services accessible to everybody.


We have an exciting 12-month fixed-term opportunity for a Senior Development Scientist. In this role, you will play a key part in our facility expansion project which will significantly increase the production capacity of our platform biomaterial used in advanced medical devices.


You will lead and support essential activities for this expansion project, including conducting feasibility studies to evaluate process changes and their impact on the safety and efficacy of our biomaterial. Additionally, you will develop and validate assays, as well as support equipment qualification and process validation activities to ensure the expanded plant becomes commercially operational.


We are looking for someone not only has the skills and qualifications to be successful in this role, but who can collaborate cross-functionality with our engineering, clinical, quality and regulatory teams and strives to do their best for the benefit AROA and the patients we serve.


Your key responsibilities:

• Validating the performance and safety of medical devices, developing and improving processes to support product development
• Plan, execute and manage experimental studies
• Develop pilot processes and test methods, generate feasibility data
• Act as subject matter expert in animal tissues, biocompatibility, and microbiology
Provide scientific support to AROA departments and external partners, as required

What you’ll bring:

• BSc or MSc (or equivalent in relevant scientific discipline) with a minimum of 5 years’ research/or development experience. Experience within the medical device or biotechnology industries is highly desirable.
• Ability to produce and review technical documentation and communicate complex technical information to a wide range of audiences
• Experience with cell culture and microbiological assays
• Excellent communication and project management skills
• Robust and logical decision maker
Works well in agile, face paced environment

Based in Airport Oaks with easy access to the motorway, there is plenty of free parking available around our offices. We also have an onsite gym, exercise classes and heaps of celebrations.


The successful candidate will be working with a diverse and inclusive team that works hard but celebrates and recognises its people. We have a great time doing stuff that’s never been done before! You'll also be working for a mission-led company dedicated to bringing regenerative healing to people around the world. We’re sure that’s something worth being a part of!


To be considered for this opportunity you must have existing NZ working rights.